Democracy Disappeared: How Florida Silences the Black Vote through Felony Disenfranchisement provides an unprecedented analysis of Black neighborhoods and Florida’s historic problem of felony disenfranchisement.

In Florida, more than 1.5 million people – more than ten percent of the adult population – are disenfranchised due to a felony conviction. Florida’s felon disenfranchisement laws and policies currently disenfranchise one in five African Americans.